the album version was a little longer, but didn't have the silly start and end.

so, there's maybe 90 seconds worth of interesting noise interspersed here amongst a lot of boring garage rock.

and, some of it - "bad man" - is pretty cringey. i mean, do we need to go through a discussion of whether bad people actually exist? 'cause i don't think they do. i think we have a bad system, and that system creates damaged people, and then sometimes doesn't take responsibility for itself. but, i don't think there are "bad people".

anyways.

if they could take those 90 seconds of noise, right? but that's not where they're actually coming from.

https://meatwavechicago.bandcamp.com/album/the-incessant

again: this is a genre that i'm only going to dip mildly into. and, there's lots of image here, but are they actually any good?

the focus of the band actually seems to be the singer, and if you like a heavy blues sound (this isn't metal, it just plays it on tv), with a sultry singer, there's something here for you. along with the all-image presentation, they're pretty atmospheric, so you get dramatic interplay of bass and drums in the quieter moments, leading to nifty drops and whatnot. it's not bad, exactly.

but, i need more guitar if i'm going to get hooked into the sound, and the guitars here are often entirely superfluous, just doubling the bass parts.

https://heavytemple.bandcamp.com/album/chassit